Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Originally Posted by Courtney

Loca, I thought you could only get unemployment if you get fired through no fault of your own?

That is what I meant by laid off that is the only way I would get unemployment, if they fired me though I would get a few months of severance so I could at least lay low for awhile. Just to take a break, I know that sounds stupid but I have worked since I was 16, the longest I have ever been off work is when I was 8 months pregnant with my kids and I went right back to work 6 wks after my daughter was born and started college full time 4 wks after my son was born. And that was 14 years ago.

Originally Posted by CalmerThanYou

I'd bite your tongue young lady and be VERY happy you are employed. The plane has crashed into the mountain. We are going to see things get horrendous in the upcoming year or two, you should be counting your blessings...

Yeah I know. Luckily with my construction experience working in accounting and administration there will always be work for me somewhere. There will always be shit to build in the commercial industry. Right now even while the rest of the country is slowing down we are going strong, we just change what we build. When I first started here it was all retail, then office buildings a couple years after that, then 2 years ago we built condos, now in todays market it is hospitals, schools, retirement facilities and alot of stuff for the military.

The thought does sound nice though, but after a couple weeks I would be bored silly.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Also, Courtney: I have a lot of family in New Mexico, including a cousin who's going to college in Santa Fe and my mom and grandparents who live about an hour outside of it. It's a really beautiful area and the weather is not as severe as some might have you think, especially if you enjoy thunder storms.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Originally Posted by locachica73

I have worked since I was 16, the longest I have ever been off work is when I was 8 months pregnant with my kids and I went right back to work 6 wks after my daughter was born and started college full time 4 wks after my son was born. And that was 14 years ago.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Originally Posted by thefunkylama

Also, Courtney: I have a lot of family in New Mexico, including a cousin who's going to college in Santa Fe and my mom and grandparents who live about an hour outside of it. It's a really beautiful area and the weather is not as severe as some might have you think, especially if you enjoy thunder storms.

I've heard the weather is great as well (from an ex-boss), but how is the quality of living? I think D H Lawrence is buried somewhere in New Mexico....and I know there's a bomb museum there (an ex dragged me there once for no apparent reason).

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Originally Posted by amyzzz

I've heard the weather is great as well (from an ex-boss), but how is the quality of living? I think D H Lawrence is buried somewhere in New Mexico....and I know there's a bomb museum there (an ex dragged me there once for no apparent reason).

Haha, bombs and grave sites. Can't say this is really selling me on New Mexico as a place to live.

Although, for the record, I think going to a bomb museum would actually make a pretty excellent date.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Originally Posted by canexplain

i was going to quit my job and get a partime if i felt i needed it, but with the economy, i guess i will stick around here for a while .... yuck .... x****

Yeah, this all sucks much more for people in the workforce who are 50-65 than for me, because it possibly means delayed retirement etc. Luckily I am young so being broke is pretty much par for the course. Although, hopefully it won't be a permanent condition. I can always go back to school.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

I do not Courtney but my ex is a Photographer and we took a trip there for one of her shoots. We met so many cool photogs and artists. People who moved there specifically for the purpose of creating in an artistic environment.

Originally Posted by insbordnat

If you're in a relationship that causes Ancestry.com to crash, it's probably inappropriate.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

4 mos in NM made me want to give up on life. Drive thru towns like Socorro or Gallup or Grants and see how 'arty' and 'beautiful' they are. Report back .............

Originally Posted by Cpt. Funkaho

Man, the Beatles were overrated like gravity is overrated. ......... Say what you want, but statements like "the Beatles were overrated" make me much less likely to listen to anything you say afterward.

Re: Standing in the unemployment line

Oh I have been to Gallup, that place is a HOLE!!! Having the natives come up to sell you jewelery while eating breakfast was quite an experience. I just like the looks of Northern NM from driving through but we spent the night in Santa Fe and I wasn't all that impressed. I would like to explore the area though.